Thu Mar 16, 2023 – 4:49 pm EDT
MADISON (LifeSiteNews) – Pro-lifers in the Dairy State are sounding the alarm on an effort by a handful of moderate Republicans to weaken Wisconsin’s abortion ban, which currently provides comprehensive protection to the preborn unless touched by lawmakers or invalidated by the state’s highest court.
When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last June, it allowed scores of state pro-life laws across the country to be enforced for the first time in nearly half a century. Among them was Wisconsin Statute 940.04, a law dating back to 1849 that makes it a felony for an abortionist to commit an abortion for any reason other than to allegedly save the mother’s life. The law does not allow abortion-seeking women to be prosecuted.
On Wednesday, Republican state Sen. Mary Felzkowski and state Rep. Donna Rozar began circulating legislation that would amend the abortion statute to establish that it “does not apply to any pregnancy in the first trimester if the pregnancy is the result of sexual assault or incest,” as well as to modify the definition of “to save the life of the mother” to mean any “serious
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